What is the verdict on Bill Belichick's debut?

I didn't expect his girlfriend to make up a bunch of fake handles on LetsRun to defend him.

He doesn't get college football and didn't start with Travis Hunter and low expectations like Deion had. This is going to be a trainwreck.

get laid last night? S'all Good Man

for his looks and personality.

How can anyone say it was anything other than a disaster. Aside from that first drive (which was a thing of beauty) and the drive by Max Johnson, not anything else went well. Ok no blocked kicks...

Of course it is one game and anyone who thought UNC was going to be any better than 7 wins was delusional from the start so there is room to improve (could not really get much worse).

I doubt he wants to remain a college coach for the next few years.

He wants to get back to the NFL and break Don Shula's all time wins record.

on to Cincinnati

The receivers couldn't catch and the defense couldn't tackle. It was pathetic to watch.

Agreed - I've heard this new "transfer" named Bom Trady is coming in next year. He, and another rumored tight end transfer named Grob Ronkowski, will fix everything.

Tragic. The erosion of his legacy continues.

And of course it's not even really the result of this game - but the stuff like this,

I don't think I have ever seen wife, girlfriend, partner of a coach at a legitimate level of football, ever go down on the field during a game to want to engage with them. Are you kidding me? The fact he's this crusty old white guy and she's all dolled up and wearing these trashbag bootcut yoga pants - I mean what are we doing here?

Please Bill, we understand your pain and it was a valiant attempt to "reinvent" yourself and dispel the notion your are an angry, grumpy old man but come on, enough is enough.

It’s UNC football. What did you expect?

I don't watch football, but this is pretty entertaining. I might watch some of the next game just to see Belichick's chick advising him on the sidelines. What could possibly go wrong?

He will be fine. He is Bill Belichick.

I agree, it is entertaining, but also embarrassing to those in the ACC who are professionals. I could see Saturday Night Live performing a skit on Bubba the AD, who is moving on to a new administrative position at some point, and the basketball and football programs. Even some UNC supporters are starting to realize that they are wasting money and whatever is going on isn't working. For future recruiting, what can you say to 4 and 5 star recruits so that they would want to be part of this mess?

Tcu may be better than people gave them credit for

College sports is all about recruiting.

BB's hiring in Dec 2024 gave him a chance to do some recruiting for players for this year but he will not have a full impact on this process until next year

The defense was more important that the offense in some of those early Brady years

Writing a coach off after 1 game, particularly in college, is really really really dumb.

The transfer portal makes it faster than it used to be but 1 year of recruiting used to mean the incoming freshmen were your recruits. It will be 3-4 years before Bellichick has all his own players.

If his plan is actually to get back to the NFL he will need all 4 years and more to succeed enough to get a job again.

In the new age of college athletics, UNC has a lot to prove. Their AD, coaches, and staff have no record of success. That is not BB's fault, it is probably Bubba's (AD) fault. Even their dominant women's soccer program is struggling.

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UNC is competing with a number of teams for recruits that are not talking crap about what they are going to do in the future, but already competing at a high level.